Anglicare
North Queensland Limited has established the following services
in collaboration with the Department of Child Safety, Department
of Communities and other government and non-government agencies.
Cairns
and Surrounding Areas
1 St John’s Crisis Accommodation
2 St Margaret’s Crisis Accommodation
3 St Luke’s Responsive Placement Service
4 Youth Substance Misuse
Service
5 Transitional Housing Program
6 Biboohra House
7 Cairns Homelessness Service Hub
Townsville
8 St James’ Responsive Placement Service
9 St Mary’s Responsive Placement Service
Mackay Whitsunday Region
10 Volunteer Counselling Service |
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St John’s Crisis Accommodation
St John’s, a Supported Accommodation Assistance Program/Crisis Assistance Program (SAAP/CAP), funded through the Department of Communities (support) and Department of Housing (property); provides crisis accommodation and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to young males, 13 to 20 years of age for periods of up to 3 months. The service can accommodate up to 6 young males at any given time.
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St Margaret’s Crisis Accommodation
St Margaret’s, a Supported Accommodation Assistance Program/Crisis Assistance Program (SAAP/CAP), funded through the Department of Communities (support) and Department of Housing (property); provides crisis accommodation and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to young women 13 to 20 years of age for periods of up to 3 months. The service can accommodate up to 6 young women at any given time.
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St Luke’s Responsive Placement Service
St Luke’s Responsive Placement service, funded through the Department of Child Safety, is a residential service that provides intensive support for up to four males aged between 12-16 years of age who are subject to statutory intervention and have experienced disrupted attachments, multiple placement breakdowns and have complex to extreme support needs. The service aims to offer a normalised, culturally sensitive environment conducive to the development of social and living skills in sustaining family and/or community placements.
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Youth Substance Misuse Service
Youth Substance Misuse Service, funded through the Department of Communities, provides a responsive intervention service that targets young people aged 10 to 17 from Mossman to Innisfail including Yarrabah who have problematic substance use, as a preliminary step into longer term treatment and support. This primarily includes: (1) operating an on-call rest and recovery service (100% Qld Police referrals) for young people using substances; (2) providing case coordination and follow up support to young people and their families; and (3) facilitating an outreach/ brokerage/ education program that maintains close links with collaborative partners in the Cairns region.
5 Transitional Housing Program
The Transitional Housing Program, funded through Department of Child Safety, provides accommodation and support (share house and outreach) to young people, aged 15-17 with moderate to high support needs, currently in the care of the Department of Child Safety and who have a readiness to transition into alternative independent accommodations.
6 Biboohra House
Biboohra House is a residential service in a rural location that provides accommodation and intensive support for up to 4 young males aged between 12 to 16 years, who are in the care of the Department of Child Safety and have complex to extreme behavioural needs.
7 Cairns Homelessness Service Hub
The Cairns Homelessness Service Hub is a separate program under the auspice of Anglicare North Queensland Limited; overseen by the Hub Consortium with a joint goal of implementing and sustaining cooperative, coordinated and collaborative relationships and systems across the social housing sector to improve housing and support services.
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St James’ Responsive Placement Service
St James' Responsive Placement Service, funded through the Department of Child Safety is a residential service that provides support to males between 12-16 years of age who are subject to statutory intervention and have experienced disrupted attachments, multiple placement breakdowns and have complex to extreme support needs. The service aims to offer a normalised, culturally sensitive environment conducive to the development of social and living skills in sustaining family and/or community placements.
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St Mary’s Responsive Placement Service
St Mary's Responsive Placement Service, funded through the Department of Child Safety is a residential service that provides support for up to four females between 12-16 years of age who are subject to statutory intervention and have experienced disrupted attachments, multiple placement breakdowns and have moderate to high needs. The service offers a normalised, culturally sensitive environment conducive to the development of social and living skills.
10 Anglicare Mackay Whitsunday Region
Mackay Whitsunday region operates a volunteer counselling service.
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